Students appearing in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations from Madrasa Education Board performed better than the general and vocational students in terms of pass rate.
The pass rate of madrasa students was 94.08 while it was 75.74 for general students.
Madrasa students also outperformed the students taking the exam from Technical Education Board, where 85.02% of the candidates passed.
The number of GPA 5 scored also marked a tiny increase in the madrasa board compared to the previous year’s figure. Last year, 6,009 madrasa students obtained GPA 5 and the figure was 6,025 this year.
Acting chairman of Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board AKM Saifullah said they have gone for more supervision of students in the recent times.
“We visited madrasas that have poor academic record and monitored them closely so that students can perform better,” he said.
He said the madrasa teachers were threatened with suspension of the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme if the institutions performed poorly in public examinations.
“It is likely that the teachers became more cautious out fear from being dropped from the MPO scheme,” he added.
